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public java v1 · immutable
#9432 ·published 2005-04-12 18:38 UTC
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/***  2 methods below, 1st one entire, 2nd one skeleton*  yes, for generate, could/might set the x/y variables outside of method**  My goal, which I can't figure out how to do is to PASS the value of*  variable "rangeX" created in generate()  to be the value of "length"*  for method 2*  have messed around for quite awhile, not getting anywhere, still newbie*  understand scope of variables is somehow hindering this process but not *  sure what to do.*  *  Thank you!**////////////////////////////<Method 1> ////////////////////////////////private static int generate(int x, int y) {  x = 5;  y = 6;  int range = y - x + 1;  int rangeX;  //return (Math.random() * range) + x;  rangeX = (int)(Math.random() * range) + x;  return rangeX;}///////////////////////////<END Method 1> ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////<Method 2> ////////////////////////////////private static String randomString (int length) {       }///////////////////////////<END Method 2> ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////<FULL WORKING BELOW>////////////////////////////////import java.util.*; public class Test {    private final static char[] chars;    private final static Random random;        private static int length;    //    private static int rangeX;        static {        chars = new char[52];         for (int i = 0; i < 26; i ++) {            chars[i] = (char) (97 + i);            chars[i + 26] = (char) (65 + i);        }                 random = new Random (); //length = random.nextInt(1)*5 + 5;//length = (int)(4 + Math.random() * 3);//length = (5 || 6);          }             public static void main (String[] args) {            generate(5,6);            System.out.println (randomString (length));            }    //      int random = (int)(Math.random()*40);//      int random = new java.util.Random().nextInt(40);        private static int generate(int x, int y) {  x = 5;  y = 6;  int range = y - x + 1;  int rangeX;  //return (Math.random() * range) + x;  rangeX = (int)(Math.random() * range) + x;  return length = rangeX;}             private static String randomString (int length) {        //tried to convert into using Math.random instead of having to import// Class RANDOM but MATH uses DOUBLES, and since with// Arrays when setting the # of elements, you must use INT, seems like it'd be//best/only possible?/efficient to use class Random instead of Math.random in//this case?                              char[] array = new char[length];        for (int i = 0; i < length; i ++) {            array[i] = chars[random.nextInt (chars.length)];        }         return new String (array);    }  }